San Diego: County Sees More Registered Republican Voters
The San Diego County Republican Party now has the most registered voters in San Diego County which could create a shift in political power.
As of Sept. 1, there were 511,655 registered Republicans and 508,305 registered Democrats. But during the June primary this year, there were 509,023 registered Republican voters versus 514,536 Democrats.
For decades, registered Republicans outnumbered Democrats in the county, but that changed in 2008 when then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama hit the scene. The 2008 presidential election created almost equal amounts of registered Democrats and Republicans. In 2009 and the first part of 2010, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans for the first time in decades.
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Is this a portent for the 2010 elections?
Clearly President Obama had coat-tails in the 2008 election, as shown by the registration numbers for SD county. Now the local GOP has bounced back and reasserted its traditional (for San Deigo) role of being the larger party.